Al-Marsad Newspaper: A recent study revealed that not cooking rice properly can give you cancer.
The study, conducted by Queen’s University Belfast in England, and reported by “timesofindia”, said that the chemical from industrial toxins and pesticides in the soil can make rice dangerous, and may lead to arsenic poisoning in many cases.
The study pointed out that rice contains a high level of arsenic, and therefore, if it is not cooked properly, it may lead to poisoning with this chemical and cancer.
In another study, begun in the mid-1990s to identify possible risk factors for exposure to a high level of arsenic, a total of 9,400 participants developed cancer during follow-up, with the highest incidence of breast cancer and lung cancer.
The study showed that the best way to get rid of arsenic from rice is to soak it overnight in water before cooking, and in this process, the level of toxins is reduced by 80%.